'Spy-Hunter

Call of Duty 4: Lopsided FTW!

There are a couple of things that I go over before the throw down hoe-down every week, but I need to restate them over and over again for safety's sake. Firstly, we reserve the right to kick you out of the game and/or off of our friends lists at any time and for any reason – this, unfortunately, is not up for discussion so mind your manners, please. Possible reasons for bootage include but are not limited to: an inordinate amount of swearing or other forms of epithets relating to sexual orientation or mental disability (if you can't make it through a match without dropping an f-bomb or calling someone an r-tard, mute your mic), unsportsmanlike conduct (gloating or otherwise insulting other players – especially team-killing in games that allow that sort of thing) and anything that might generally make you come off as a jackass. Keep in mind, these rules do not necessarily apply to the GameSpy staff, and you may be subjected to ruthless mocking during the game itself or in the subsequent column documenting the matches (though you have my word that we'll make our finest effort to refrain from such chicanery).

As a quick aside, we will run a routine purge of our friends lists in order to keep the matches open to all. As you may already be aware, Microsoft enforces a strict 100 friend limit and so we need to make an effort to ensure that everyone gets a chance to gun us down in cold blood. This purge is nothing personal, and we invite you to reapply before the next match.

GameSpy reserves the right to commit your gamertag to video, so if you want to maintain your relative anonymity, I do not recommend participating in this event. In the week that follows the match, I'll write up our violent little encounters and give nods to those that deserve them. Specifically, that means that I'll do a rundown of highlights from the match and I may use your gamertag in the column. I'd like to think of this as an incentive, but if you don't you can consider this fair warning. I also plan on issuing awards based on some random criteria that I just plain make up; although, some will be standards like an award for who killed the most people. Again, we are going to be recording an HD video feed of these matches, so be aware that you may be filmed doing something ridiculous or unflattering and I will take that opportunity to poke fun at your n00bness.

There you have it. Next Wednesday. December 19, 2007. Four o'clock post meridian pacific standard time. Halo 3 with the new maps on the 360.

Get to downloadin' my friends, because there is a lot of pain that we have to show you in the new Halo 3 maps!